Giants acquire Robbie Ray from Mariners

\n\n”, “providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “thumbnail_url”: null, “type”: “oembed”, “width”: 550, “contentType “rich”},{“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “That's probably an area that we continue to look to add, either via free agency or trade,” said Farhan Al-Zaidi, president of baseball operations at Giants team, during conference call. Zoom call with reporters. “Robbie is obviously a big piece for us and fills what we saw as a perfect example of a No. 2 starter who had a different style than Logan Webb but complemented it well. Roby is a strong lefty who misses a lot of bats. Before this injury, he already had a good track record of durability. \n\n”Hopefully Alex Cobb is on a timeline that allows him to return sooner than the second half, but with Robbie, I think that's a realistic time frame. … Any pitching additions we make from this point forward will have to kind of coincide.” Knowing that we'll have those three guys at the top of the rotation in the second inning.” “,”type”:text”}, {“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “* MLB Hot Stove Tracker | Rumors” ,type”:text”},{“__typename”:markdown”,content”:Haniger, 33, spent five years in Seattle before leaving to sign a three-year, $43.5 million deal with his hometown Giants last season. But he hit just .209 with six homers and 28 RBIs over 61 games in an injury-marred 2023 campaign. Like Ray, he will have the ability to opt out at the end of the 2024 season. Haniger's departure will help solve the Giants' on-field logjam, where they are already expected to have Jong Ho Lee and Michael Conforto. , Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater, Luis Matos, Tyler Fitzgerald, Heliot Ramos and Wade Mickler compete to bat.”,type”:text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”:2024 -01-05T23 :53:01.242Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”:https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024 -01/05 /ccdf0251-0dc6bf36-f15b5c70-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:video”,”description”:MLB Tonight Discusses Robbie Ray Trading to Giants, Mariners' Future, Lock Deal Rally to Mariners and More”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false , “duration”: “00:07:22”, “slug”: “giants-and-mariners-make-moves”, “tags”:[{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”vod”,”title”:”vod”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlbn-mlb-tonight”,”title”:”MLB Tonight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-network”,”title”:”MLB Network”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”transactions”,”title”:”transactions”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”trades”,”title”:”trades”,”type”:”taxonomy”}]”thumbnail”:{“__typename”: “Thumbnail”, “templateUrl”: “https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/v67g9qigr6mjh67b6qqi”},”title” : “Giants and Mariners Make Moves”, “relativeSiteUrl”: “/video/giants-and-mariners-make-moves”},{“__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “DeSclafani, 33, Career Record & Best 3.17 ERA over 31 starts for the Giants in 2021, but has struggled to stay healthy each of the past two seasons, posting a 5.16 ERA over 24 appearances (23 starts) while dealing with right ankle and right forearm issues. He is owed $12 Million dollars in the final year of a three-year, $36 million deal he signed with San Francisco in November 2021.”,”type”:text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content” :”* Giants key dates Ahead of spring camp”,”type”:text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Without DeSclafani, the Giants are expected to turn to several young rookie players to help fill out Cobb and Ray early in the season, Including Kyle Harrison, Keaton Wen, Tristan Peck and Kai Wei Teng. They will also have a veteran option in Ross Stripling, who will return to the rotation mix after being optioned for the final year of the two-year, $25 million deal he signed last offseason.\n\nFlexibility in creating opportunities “For For our younger players, the flexibility to make other moves to fill the spots that we've traded, that's definitely part of the thinking here.” “I think for us Robbie and the long-term vision of him being side by side at the top of our rotation with Logan Webb was the No. 1 driver. But some of the flexibility that it provides for opportunities internally and a little bit of maneuverability in terms of other free agent moves or trade acquisitions that we're looking at is certainly part of it. “”,”type”:text”}]”relativeSiteUrl”: “/news/giants-acquire-robbie-ray-from-mariners”, “contentType”: “news”, “subHeadline”: null, summary: “We have The Giants and Mariners have been frequent trade partners in recent years, but no move has been quite as significant as the one they announced Friday. 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